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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Tutorial Try-Out: Geometric Painting

(Here is an update from her blog with her (mostly) finished painting.)

Before the micron pen was added.

This tutorial made me think of chameleons and the way they hide in plain sight. So, it only seemed natural to start by drawing a couple of quick chameleons. Then, instead of using standard geometric shapes, I drew leaves all over the page. I already had some small jars of house paint open in my studio for another project, so I decided to use those colors for the painting. (Plus, the house paint only requires a single coat for a solid finish, so that's a bonus!) After I finished the painting, I wanted to bring back the lines, so I used a micron pen (05 size) along the edges...

Before and After

Did you try this tutorial?

If so, please link up below.

(I can't wait to see!)

And, please be sure to read all the way to the bottom of this post for next week's tutorial.

That is SO cool! Great concept and beautiful execution. I LOVE the way the black makes them pop - and house paint! - I just bought a sample size at Home Depot for an accent wall I want (my husband ;) to paint, and when I got home, realized that it's not a good color for the wall. BUT then I thought, hey, at $2.99, this is better than cheap craft paint! The possibilities are endless . . . .AND YAY - so happy you'll be playing along for SOC 3 - can't wait - should be interesting this year, xoxo

Your bird painting is wonderful, and I love your lady and the complex doodle.I tried your tutorial for Kristin's Tutorial Try-outs this week, and I hope you might glance at it on Kristin's blog to see where it took me. I enjoyed the tutorial and enjoyed doing it very much.

Oh I love your chameleons. So cute. The colours used are gorgeous too. I don't know what happened to my last two weeks, they just dissapeared - I need to catch up on both tutorials, they're both two I want to play at!

This is a one time contact, as a follower of my blog I'd like you to know that the web address has changed to http://marywalkerartist.blogspot.com/ some bookmarks may need to be updated. Thank you for your support and interest in what I share!Mary Walker

I recently discovered your blog and immediately started the tutorials.This is a beautiful idea in general.This week, with Denthe's tutorial i went crazy with colors.I am still very new with acrylics.Thank you for sharing the tutorials.

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I like to make stuff.
In college, I made enough stuff to earn a BFA from the University at Buffalo. After entering the real world, I went on to make magical messes across miles of wall space, ceilings, and canvas.
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